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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 18, 2020, 17:30:50 IST
Coronavirus live updates: Centre mapping skills of migrants who have returned home
More than 8 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally. In India, total cases of coronavirus rose to 3.66 lakh as per the latest updates, with more than 12,000 have died due to virus. Stay with TOI for live updates
Health minister Harsh Vardhan launches India's first mobile lab for Covid testing.
Singapore to hold political campaigns for general elections on TV, reports PTI.
For the first time, Singapore will hold political campaigns on television and do away with the physical rallies if the General Election is held during the phase II of the city-state's reopening after the Covid-19 circuit breaker. Political parties and candidates will get free airtime on Mediacorp's Channel 5 should the next General Election fall during phase two of the reopening during the pandemic, the Elections Department (ELD) said.
Central govt to provide 500 additional ventilators, 650 more ambulances to hospitals in Delhi: MoS Home G Kishan Reddy
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The discussion with home minister Amit Shah was focussed on how we can save the entire NCR unit from Covid-19 because NCR can't be separated. Delhi, Gurugram, Noida and Faridabad are the same.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to ANIDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and deputy CM Manish Sisodia visit Radha Soami Satsang Beas centre.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia visited Radha Soami Satsang Beas centre, today. C… https://t.co/5fBPunNKve
— ANI (@ANI) 1592478148000The initiative will cater to the need of job creation in rural areas and thereby also lay the foundation for a more prosperous rural India: Secretary, ministry of rural development
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The scheme will be a coordinated effort by 12 different ministries, including Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Road Transport and Highways, Mines, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Environment, Railways, Petroleum and Natural Gas, New and Renewable Energy, Border Roads, Telecom and Agriculture.
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We want to front-load money allotted for the 25 different works for the 116 districts, to ensure that migrant workers are given employment, providing a direction to these workers, also helping rural asset creation.
Finance minister Nirmala SitharamanThe finance minister says, "the campaign will be spread across 125 days and aims to work in mission mode to help migrant workers."
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Villages across 116 districts in the six states will join this programme through the Common Service Centres and Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
Finance minister Nirmala SitharamanIt will involve focused implementation of 25 different types of works to provide jobs and create infrastructure in the rural regions of the country with a resource envelope of Rs 50,000 crore: Finance minister
"We have found that migrant workers returned in large numbers to districts spread over six states - Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan," says Nirmala Sitharaman
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The central and state governments have meticulously mapped the skill sets of the migrant workers who have returned in large numbers to the 116 districts in 6 states. Out of these, 27 are aspirational districts.
Finance minister Nirmala SitharamanWorkers from all over the country wanted to go back to villages after the lockdown began, central as well as state govts made some arrangements and they have gone back: Nirmala Sitharaman
The programme will be launched from village Telihar, Block Beldaur of Khagaria district of Bihar: FM
Nirmala Sitharaman addresses media ahead of launch of 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' by PM Modi on 20th June.
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Violation of the order will be treated as an offence under Disaster Management Act and action will be taken as per IPC.
Health secretary Preeti Sudan to statesAmma canteens to resume free food for needy during 12-day lockdown phase in 4 Tamil Nadu districts, says CM.
Health ministry asks states/UTs to ensure salaries of doctors and health workers on Covid-19 related duty are released on time.
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